FROM THE PRESIDENT, ANDONE LAVERY
We’ve just concluded the TOS Council election, and from the list of outstanding candidates for each position, I’m pleased to announce the following new Council members:
President-Elect: Deborah Bronk
Biological Oceanography Councilor: Kim S. Bernard
Early Career Councilor: Erin Satterthwaite
Education Councilor: Sara Harris
Ocean Data Science Councilor: Vicki Ferrini
Ocean Social Science and Policy Councilor: Leopoldo Cavaleri Gerhardinger
Physical Oceanography Councilor: LuAnne Thompson
The list of all Council members is available here, and I am excited to work with all of them on the TOS 2030 Strategy planning process. I would like to thank all candidates who participated in the election. We look forward to sharing ideas for the future of TOS after the newly composed Council has had the opportunity to meet.
JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION (JEDI) COMMITTEE UPDATE
Over the next four weeks, JEDI Committee members will participate in a multi-day retreat to help guide them as they work to develop the committee’s mission. Stay tuned for updates!
JANUARY 2021 OCEANOGRAPHY STUDENT NEWS IS ONLINE
Keep up to date on oceanography student resources and opportunities. > Read now
HIghlights
New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration
The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R/V Falkor 2020 Field Season
Understanding the Effects of Offshore Wind Energy Development on Fisheries
Check out the December special issue of Oceanography online!
September Oceanography
Check out the September issue of Oceanography online!
TOS Honors Program
Recognize and celebrate our colleagues’ accomplishments. Nominations now open!
Education and Public Outreach: A Guide for Scientists
Basic information for scientists who wish to engage in education and public outreach
Teaching Physical Concepts in Oceanography
Educational approaches to help engage students in learning through a collection of activities
Scientifically Speaking
Educational approaches to help engage students in learning through a collection of activities
OCEANOGRAPHY NEWS
THE MARCH OCEAN EXPLORATION SUPPLEMENT IS ONLINE!
New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R/V Falkor 2020 Field Season is the eleventh supplement on ocean exploration to accompany the March issue of Oceanography. The booklet contain summaries of the 2020 expeditions, including initial results; highlights of new programs and initiatives, many of which were catalyzed by the pandemic; and information on future exploration plans.
> Read the supplement
A REQUEST FROM EDUCATION COLUMNIST SIMON BOXALL
In Simon’s September column, he asks readers to send him an email about how you have adapted your teaching material during the coronavirus pandemic, how students have responded, and how many of these changes you will take into the future oceanography classroom. He will incorporate responses in his next column. Please email Simon at: simon.boxall@soton.ac.uk.
EARLY ONLINE RELEASES
Implosion in the Challenger Deep: Echo Sounding with the Shock Wave
By Scott Loranger, David Barclay, and Michael Buckingham
Tribute: Larry Philip Atkinson (1941–2020)
By Gregory Cutter and Louis Codispoti
Virtual and Remote—Hands-On Undergraduate Research in Plankton Ecology During the 2020 Pandemic: COVID-19 Can’t Stop This!
By Pierre Marrec et al.
Moored Observations of Current and Temperature in the Alas Strait: Collected for Submarine Tailing Placement, Used for Calculating the Indonesian Throughflow
By R. Dwi Susanto et al.
The Rise of Dynamical Oceanography: A Fragmentary Historical Note: The Stommel-Munk Correspondence, 1947–1953
By Carl Wunsch
Interdisciplinary Research Collaborative Trains Students to See Through Turbulent Systems
By Kristina Cammen et al.
